Kristine Chung Salcedo is a Korean American writer currently at work on a novel. She earned her MFA from The New School, was a recipient of The New School Student Research Award, and is an alum of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Juniper Summer Writing Institute, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Tin House Summer Workshop, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Additionally Kristine serves as a Board Member and Secretary of ARTS By The People, a nonprofit creative arts organization. She was born and raised in the Philadelphia area and currently resides in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and son.